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J. WILSON. WIRE ROPE MACHINE. No.v 447,392. 'PatentedMaL 3, 1891.

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JAMES IVILSON, OF MERRITTON, CANADA.

WIRE-ROPE MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,392, dated March 3, 1891. Application filed June 16, 1890. Serial No. 355,686. (N0 model.) Patented in Canada February 10, 1890, No. 33,644.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES XVILSON, a citizen of Canada, residing at Merritton, in the county of Lincoln, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful Wire- Rope Machine, (for which I have obtained a patent in Canada, No. 38,644, bearing date February 10, 1890,) of which the following is a specification. l

My invention relates to improvements in wire-rope machines, its essential parts being a rotary face-plate havin-g round apertures to allow the traversing of wire or strand through the same in conjunction with a wire-guide, also apertured, having` a conical projection and an adjustable die, and a second face-v plate, also apertured, all held in position and supported by two or more longitudinal rods connected to the same; and the objects of my improvements are, rst, to produce a seven wire or strand cable or wire rope having a center core of a flexible and ductile nature; second, to afford facilities for the proper adjustment of the guide and die for different sizes of wire or strands without displacing the machine or parts thereof in general, and, third, to provide means to allow twelve'4 independent wires or strands to coil around the sevenwire strand, thus producing a nineteen-wire strand, cable, or rope, this including the center wire or core. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichr Figure l is a sectional view of a broad side of the machine. Figi 2 is an end elevation of the first apertured face-plate. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the adjustable apertured guide and the support therefor and apertured cone havinga rounded nose. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the adjustable support and steadying-bearing for the adjustment of different center dies; and Fig. 5 is an end elevation of the second apertured face-plate with an attached cone having a rounded nose and apertured to allow a seven-strand'wire to pass through the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Inthe drawings, Ais the first face-plate, and its center hole a is bored to admit a hollow drive-shaft, which rotates the machine and allows the passage through the same of a core or Center wire to form the center core of the cable. l'

B B are two longitudinal rods having a collar and nut at each end, the whole structure being supported by the said plate and rods.

The adjustable wire-guide support C and the die D in its support D are capable of .sliding on the rods to suitable positions as the varying degrees and caliber of wire necessitate, and are held by set-screws T to the said rods. This die D, which is in halves, is provided with flanges at each end to ina-intain its longitudinal position, and it is also held in position in its support D by means of its cap D2, whichis screwed or bolted to the said support D. The face-plate E is secured to the right-hand end ot' the said rods by means of the collars :n and nuts Y, the same as the face-plate A, as shown.

The cone F is secured to the center of the support G by means of its flange J andv setscrews K, and the conical projection M is secured to the center of the plate E by means of the screws N', which screw into the flange of the same. The whole-of this machine as described, when in operation, revolves on an d with the hollow shaft, as before mentioned.

The center wire is designated by II and passes through the said shaft in the center of the plate A, then through the tapered aperture of the cone F. Atthis juncture the six wires designated by I'pass through the six apertures t' in the plate A, then through the six apertures J in flange J of said cone and engage with the center wire and coil around the same in close proximity to the rounded nose of the said cone. The seven Wires then pass through the die D, which smoothes the same, and on through the aperture of the cone M, thus producing a lseven-wire rope H. In

the construction of a nineteen-wire cable twelve wires (designated O) pass through the twelve apertures P in the plate A and along longitudinally to and through the twelve apertures S of the plate E and over and around the projecting cone M, to engage with and coil around the sevenwire rope H in close proximity to the rounded nose Nof the said cone M, thus forming a nineteen-wire rope or cable, (designated by H2.)

It will readily be perceived that a sevenwirc cable may be made independent of the IOO extra twelve wires, the machine working' in complete order Without them.

To vary the caliber ol the cable, stronger wire or strands of wire may be efectually used or a stronger center core composed of tari-ed hemp or other suitable material.

The machine is supplied with wire from eighteen spools, (not shown,) each on a frame of its own and all attached to a plate which revolves on and with the said hollow shaftI at any required distance from the machine.

The wire cable is received from the machine by a grooved cone, (not show/11,) which revolves away from the end of the machine and at a required and suitable rate of speed.

lVhat I claim as my invention7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a wire-rope-strand machine, of a rotary face-plate A, having a series of apertures l? and t' and a bored center u, the longitudinal rods ll ll, the adjustable su p port C, provided with a hollow cone F, with its flange J', having,r aperturcs'l and set-screws K, the removable die D, cap D2, and adjustable support D', arranged and devised sub stantially as described and set forth.

In a Compound wireropestrand machine, a rotary face-plate A, having a series of apertures P and t' and center a, the support C, provided with hollow cone F, with flange J', having apertures .l and set-screws K, the support D', with its die D and cap D", in combination with the plate E, having apertures S, and a hollow iianged cone M, with rounded nose N, held in position bythe screws N', all substantially combined by the longitudinal rods B B, substantially as specified and set forth.

JAMES \VILSON. Witnessesz THo. LAwLEss, A. MoPHERsoN. 

